The spatial metaphor of Utopia in Russian culture and in analysis

The spatial metaphor of Utopia is considered from a Jungian perspective along with its role in Russian culture and in analysis. Such post‐Jungian concepts as the cultural complex and the archetypal story pattern of a victim are used in considering the desperate longing for a rescuer in patients' narratives and in Russian society. A clinical vignette is provided to illustrate these ideas.     

阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征导致高血压的机制

阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征是重要的继发性高血压病因之一,该综合征导致血压增高的原因主要有睡眠分裂、频繁的低氧血症和高碳酸血症导致的高交感神经兴奋,呼吸暂停发生时胸腔负压的增加和回心血量的增加以及内分泌功能的失调如醛固酮的高分泌,超重肥胖和慢性非特异性炎症反应的参与,是多种升压机制共同参与的结果.     

中小学教师学习调节模式的结构与测量

目的：探索中小学教师学习调节模式的结构,并编制教师学习调节模式问卷。方法：根据访谈研究的结果,在参照以往成果的基础上,编制教师学习调节模式初测问卷;根据523份有效调查数据进行探索性因素分析;根据625份调查问卷的结果,采用内部一致性分析、结构方程模型技术和层次回归分析进行验证。结果：探索性因素分析的结果表明,教师学习调节模式由自我导向、任务导向和外部导向三个维度构成;验证性因素分析证实了教师学习调节模式的构想效度;内部一致性分析和层次回归分析的结果表明,该教师学习调节模式问卷具有较好的信度与效度。结论：教师学习调节模式是一个三因素的结构。     

The Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Multidimensional Perfectionism

Perfectionism is related to insomnia and objective markers of disturbed sleep. This study examined whether multidimensional perfectionism is related to dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, sleep-effort, pre-sleep arousal, and polysomnography-determined markers of sleep among individuals with insomnia. The effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on perfectionism was also examined. This was a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial on CBT-I. Forty-three insomnia patients were randomized to treatment (receiving CBT-I) or waitlist control groups. Sleep was recorded using polysomnography at baseline. Participants completed measures of perfectionism, dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, sleep-effort and pre-sleep arousal at baseline and posttreatment. Total perfectionism scores and doubts about action, concern over mistakes and personal standards were each significantly related to increased sleep effort, pre-sleep arousal and dysfunctional beliefs about sleep at baseline. Patients receiving treatment displayed increased total perfectionism scores posttreatment d = .49. In those receiving treatment, levels of organization d = .49 and parental expectations d = .47 were significantly increased posttreatment, relative to baseline. In line with the literature, our results confirm that perfectionism is related to insomnia. Here, insomnia was related to increased sleep effort, pre-sleep arousal and dysfunctional beliefs about sleep. The propensity to maintain a high standard of order and organization may be elevated following CBT-I, considering the treatment protocol expects patients to strictly adhere to a set of clearly defined rules. Levels of parental expectations may be increased following CBT-I since the patient-therapist-relationship may trigger implicit expectations in patients which are reminiscent of their relationship to their parents.     

Change,Contradiction, and Overconfidence: Chinese Philosophy and Cognitive Peculiarities of Asians

This article discusses philosophical influence, especially the influence made by Confucianism and Daoism, on the way Asian people see and understand the world. Recently, Richard Nisbett drew a connection between Chinese philosophy (Confucianism and Daoism) and the cognitive profiles of the people who live in Asian countries where Confucianism and Daoism are strong social and cultural traditions. He argues that there is a peculiar way that Asians think and perceive things and this cognitive pattern is influenced by a group of principles derived from Chinese philosophy. This article critically analyzes Nisbett’s explanation, his emphasis on the principle of change in particular, and provides an alternative explanation of the connection between Chinese philosophy and cognitive peculiarities of Asians. Asians combine and integrate opposite viewpoints not because they believe that things change in all unexpected directions, but because they see the world as a big system with interrelated and mutually influencing components.